He called on former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to testify before Congress on the matter. Previous political debates on KGET 21st Congressional Debate: TJ Cox and David Valadao [78] As minority leader, he remained a close Trump ally, keeping the Republican caucus unified in support of Trump and against his impeachment on two articles of impeachment arising from the Trump-Ukraine scandal. Republicans said the purpose of the government-funded committee was purely to investigate the deaths of four Americans. [177], As House Majority Leader, McCarthy led efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare). #StopTheBias cc @IngrahamAngle", "GOP leader mocked for tweet complaining of conservative censorship on Twitter", "Fox News keeps letting GOP leader McCarthy go on TV and spout total nonsense about Google", "Kevin McCarthy is a perfect Evangelical", "The affair allegations that derailed Kevin McCarthy's quest for the speakership, explained", "Whatever Happened to the Scandal That Derailed McCarthy's Last Bid for Speaker? CD-23: Kevin McCarthy-inc vs Kim Mangone CD-24: Salud Carbajal-inc vs James "Andy" Caldwell CD-26: Julia Brownley-inc vs Ronda Baldwin-Kennedy CD-27: Judy Chu-inc vs Johnny Nalbandian CD-28: Adam Schiff-inc vs Eric Early CD-29: Tony Crdenas-inc vs Ang lica Due as CD-30: Brad Sherman-inc vs Mark Reed CD-31: Pete Aguilar-inc vs Agnes Gibboney [28] He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2006. [184], Throughout 2018, McCarthy opposed efforts to codify the legal status of DREAMers after Trump suspended Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which provided temporary stay for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as minors. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) KBAK/KBFX [36], No party put up a challenger, and McCarthy won a third term with 98.8% of the vote, with opposition coming only from a write-in candidate.[37]. [153][154], McCarthy has been frequently at odds with environmental groups; the League of Conservation Voters has given him a lifetime score of 4%, as of 2021. [78] After Greene was nominated, McCarthy denounced the fringe conspiracy, saying, "There is no place for QAnon in the Republican Party", and said that Greene had distanced herself from her earlier statements. House GOP leaders scrapped the latter and called for the House to vote on a resolution authored by McCarthy and Clay Higgins to support ICE. [26][27], He attended California State University, Bakersfield, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in marketing in 1989 and a Master of Business Administration in 1994. McCarthy sided with other Republicans who sought to downplay the matter and move on. "[102] She was not called as a witness but her statement was included in the impeachment documents. McCarthy was born in Bakersfield, California. [64], In a September 29, 2015, interview with Fox News's Sean Hannity, McCarthy was asked what Republicans had accomplished in Congress. McCarthy, of Bakersfield, was first elected to Congress in 2006 and became Chief Deputy Whip, later serving as Majority Whip. [130] McCarthy supports the Hyde Amendment (a provision, annually renewed by Congress since 1976, that bans federal funds for abortion, except to save the life of the woman, or if the pregnancy arises from incest or rape), and in 2011 co-sponsored a bill, the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act", to make the Hyde Amendment permanent. [7][77], McCarthy has been a strong supporter of Donald Trump since 2016. ", "Report Says Saudi-hired Lobbyists Give Millions to Influence US Congress", "Following the Money: Why is the Saudi Lobby so Powerful in America? Read more, Glenn Thrush, in Washington Nov. 30, 2020, Arizona has officially certified Bidens narrow victory in the state, further undermining Trumps efforts to portray his decisive national loss as a matter still under dispute. Read more, Michael D. Shear, in Washington Nov. 23, 2020, President Trump authorized his government to begin the transition to President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.s administration. But we put together a Benghazi special committee, a select committee. Concurrent with his house terms, he served as House Minority Leader from 2019 to 2023 and as House Majority Leader from 2014 to 2019 under Speakers John Boehner and Paul Ryan. Read more, Joseph R. Biden Jr. has received a majority of votes from the Electoral College, formally securing the presidency in the manner set out in the Constitution. As the Daily Beast reports, Ellmers was primaried in a redrawn district in 2016. [47], Cantor lost the June 2014 primary for his seat in Congress, and announced he would step down from House leadership at the end of July. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) leaves after speaking with the press following a meeting with President Joe Biden on May 12. [115] In June 2021, after Pelosi announced the creation of a select committee to investigate the Capitol attack that would include five Republican members, McCarthy threatened to remove Republicans from committee assignments if they participated. [28] During college, he worked as a seasonal firefighter for the Kern County Fire Department. [67][68][69][70] Some commentators described his remark as a classic "Kinsley gaffe" (defined as when a politician accidentally tells the truth). The work was mostly for construction projects at the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in McCarthy's Bakersfield-based district, and Naval Air Station Lemoore in California's Kings County. Days after a bipartisan agreement was reached in the House to form a commission to examine the roots and events of the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy . On a January 10 conference call with Republican leaders, McCarthy said he would ask Trump to resign rather than go through a long impeachment battle, adding, "I've had it with this guy." [12][13], After Republicans won back their majority in the 2022 House elections, McCarthy was the Republican nominee for speaker when the 118th Congress convened in January 2023. In 2018, McCarthy won by 27 points. "[155] In 2015, McCarthy opposed the U.S.'s involvement in global efforts to combat climate change; as the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference began, he announced that he would oppose an international agreement on climate change. [199] A vandal threw rocks at McCarthy's office and stole equipment from it, reportedly in reaction to McCarthy's tweet. [150] Despite the condemnation, McCarthy visited Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort to discuss the future of the Republican Party. He attended California State University, Bakersfield, while working as a firefighter. Posted by Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday, November 4, 2020 With 100 percent of precincts reporting in California, McCarthy has 58% of the vote to Kim Mangone's 42 percent. [25] From the late 1990s until 2000, he was Thomas's district director. Democrats wanting to encourage her election wrote 2,000 postcards to send to voters in this area. After Republicans lost their majority in the 2018 elections, McCarthy was elected House Minority Leader, fending off a challenge to his right from Jim Jordan of Ohio, 15943. Nonpartisan primary election Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 23 Incumbent Kevin McCarthy and Kim Mangone advanced from the primary for U.S. House California District 23 on March 3, 2020. Phil Arballo and Kim Mangone are running for Congress in California to unseat toadies Devin Nunes and Kevin McCarthy . McCarthy supported Trump's debunked claims of voter fraud after Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, and participated in efforts to overturn the results. [94], On January 6, 2021, hours after the attack on the Capitol, McCarthy voted against certifying Biden's win in two states. [188][189] When the DOMA case reached the Supreme Court in 2013, McCarthy joined Boehner and Eric Cantor in signing a brief urging the Court to uphold the law. [63] Having held congressional office for less than nine years, McCarthy would have been the speaker with the least time in Congress since 1891. See more of Kim Mangone for Congress on Facebook. [72], Like Trump, McCarthy supported Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican candidate in 2020 for a U.S. House seat from northwest Georgia; Greene's past racist, anti-Semitic comments and her promotion of QAnon (a far-right conspiracy theory) led other Republicans to distance themselves from her. 2 issue. Under his leadership the House majority will stand firm against the Biden-Schumer agenda to hold the Biden admin accountable for their assaults on the unborn and pro-life Americans. This was reported to CNN by multiple Republican members of Congress, including Jaime Herrera Beutler and Anthony Gonzalez. [172], McCarthy voiced support for Hong Kong protesters. [91][92][93] In March 2021, McCarthy denied he had supported Trump's false claims of election fraud, even though he had supported Texas v. Under the bill, protections for roadless and wilderness study areas would be eliminated, and vast swaths of land opened to new industrial development (such as logging, mineral extraction, and fossil fuel extraction). [123] In December, the committee referred McCarthy, Jordan, Perry and Biggs to the House Ethics Committee for disobeying the subpoenas. Today, Congressman Kevin McCarthy' Democratic challenger Kim Mangone, announced that she raised $360,000 in the second quarter of 2020 in the race for CA-23. Election results provided by the Associated Press. During the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler said that Trump said to McCarthy during the ongoing attack on the Capitol by rioters: "Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are. First, the rumor is now about McCarthy and a former member of Congress. "[173], In January 2020, after the United States assassinated Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, McCarthy criticized Nancy Pelosi for "defending" Soleimani. [178][180][181] The House Republican leadership's decision to hold a vote on the legislation before receiving a budget-impact analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office was controversial. McCarthy finally received a majority and became speaker on the 15th ballot on January 7, after making key concessions to some members of the right-wing Freedom Caucus,[126][127] including a rule to allow a single House member to introduce a vote to remove the speaker, as well as granting Freedom Caucus members three seats on the influential Rules Committee. Kevin Owen McCarthy (born January 26, 1965) is an American politician who is the 55th and current speaker of the United States House of Representatives. It became somewhat more compact, losing its share of the Central Coast while picking up large parts of Tulare County. (Sep 2010) Supports vouchers for public, private, & religious schools. [195] He tweeted this a day after a pipe bomb was delivered to Soros's home. "Kevin McCarthy | League of Conservation Voters Scorecard", Things to Know About Rep. 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Kevin Owen McCarthy (born January 26, 1965) is an American politician. He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding." [157][158] He was a major opponent of President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan to reduce emissions of greenhouse gas from coal-fired power plants. You can also submit a question to possibly be asked to the candidates by emailing us: 17News@kget.com. [193], McCarthy introduced the FORWARD Act in 2018, which "would provide $95 million in research funding for valley fever and other fungal diseases". As a freshman congressman, McCarthy was appointed to the Republican Steering committee. Conservative groups including the Club for Growth, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and the American Energy Alliance opposed the measures, while others, such as ClearPath, supported them. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) answers questions during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 9 in Washington, D.C. McCarthy's office finally spoke with Capitol police . McCarthy did not specify which law the companies would break in this situation. Kim Mangone, the Democratic challenger taking on Kevin McCarthy in the 23rd Congressional District race, has made more headway against her seven-term opponent than anyone before her. Handsome, chisel-jawed character actor Kevin McCarthy appeared in nearly 100 movies in a career that spanned seven decades. The incumbent, Kevin McCarthy, debates challenger Kim Mangone Wednesday at 7 p.m. on KGET TV-17 and on KGET.com. By. [33] He won the general election with 70.7% of the vote. [157], In 2011, McCarthy was the primary author of the "Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act" (H.R. See California results . 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